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Vote NO on SB1499 on Tuesday

Please, vote NO on SB1499 on Tuesday. Just because the Attorney General defends a school district when it is sued for having an anti-transgender policy doesn't mean the school district will win. In fact, this bill gives school districts a false sense of security. Courts are still siding with transgender students. In January 2018 the Kenosha, Wisconsin school district lost its case and Ash Whitaker, a transgender former student, won a settlement of $800,000.

This bill sets school districts up for a major loss and will encourage them to act recklesslessly and act in ways that are not in the interest of students.

Furthermore, this bill in essence and in application is an anti-transgender bathroom bill and will be viewed as such by the national business community, which will result in millions and millions of dollars of economic losses for Tennessee. We don't want to become the next North Carolina.

Thank you for considering my views.

summary

SB1499 would direct the Tennessee Attorney General to defend school districts that develop anti-transgender student policies or provide for their defense through a law firm. That encourages school districts to develop bad policies with an indeterminate financial cost.

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why sign?

This bill harms transgender students.

School districts with anti-transgender policies will gain a false sense of security and then lose!

This is an anti-transgender bathroom bill and it will make Tennessee the next North Carolina.